Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice, shape "New Cut", colored woodcut flowers and insects with shadowed edges, on the rim in blue ligated monogram "AC" under a count's crown, gold rim, restored, D approx. 22.5 cm , pommel swords, second half of the 19th century; In the course of the 1730s, the Meissen porcelain manufactory increasingly turned to native flowers and copied them from botanical reference works. The shadow from these woodcut flowers was transferred to the porcelain, which can be seen on the blossoms and insects.
